Love advice that needs to be ignored immediately

Do not follow the relationship and dating “rules” you learn from various magazine sources blindly. They may prove to be more harmful than useful for your relationship. Clichéd advice has got to go. Let's take a look at some of the so-called "advice" that we are often given.

• Relationships need hard work: false. If a relationship is hard work when you’re dating, it will get only worse once life gets real.

• Love yourself first: false. This advice makes women feel her worst enemy. It does nothing but demoralise her. No one ever has it all figured out. Enjoy each moment as it comes. Do not over analyse the situation.

• Your partner should be your best friend: false. Marriage is about finding someone who complements you rather than completes you. But not everyone wants their partner to be their confidante. It’s okay to have someone else for this job. That way you will have some mystery in your relationship.

• Never go to bed angry: false. Sleep may be the best thing to do after a fight. This will give you and your partner the required break to think things through in a proper perspective.

• If you’re single, it’s because your standards are too high: false. The question of standards does not apply here. It’s about what is right for you and you alone. A good relationship is about real connectivity with your partner. It’s better to wait for a partner who completes you rather than to be with someone just to remove the stigma of being a spinster/bachelor.

• When the right person comes along, you just know: false. People always think that they knew, but in the moment everyone is uncertain about the other person. So if it doesn’t feel like a bolt of lightning that hit you, it’s fine. If you wait for Mr right, you might be waiting forever. So get moving…